tepefy

/ˈtɛpɪˌfaɪ/

verb -fies, -fying, -fied

to make or become tepid

Derived Forms

tepefaction (ˌtɛpɪˈfækʃən) noun

Word Origin

C17: from Latin tepēre

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With this Alfred, however, he was conscious of a glacial current, which not all the young man's cordiality could tepefy.

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